Corridors to Extinction and the Australian Megafauna

Name: Corridors to Extinction and the Australian Megafauna
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ISBN: 9780124077904

ISBN-10: 0124077900

ISBN-13: 9780124077904

Edition: 2013

Authors: Steve Webb

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Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Steller's Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species great and small, all attributed to human agency. Therefore, the megafauna were humans' first great impact on the planet. There is now an increasing realization that the 'blitzkrieg' view of these extinctions may have been wrong. A growing body of evidence and long-term field work is beginning to show that at least Australia's megafauna did not succumb to human agency, not because humans probably did not…

Book details

List price: $60.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication date: 3/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Steve Webb is the author Tanka Tanka Skunk. He currently lives in the Peak District with his three children. Ben Mantle studied animation at Surrey Institute of Art and Design and was Head of Animation at a Brighton-based studio before becoming a freelance illustrator and animator.